Lower Face and Jaw Contour
Before & After Gallery

Procedure: Correction of Smile Lines/Nasolabial Lines

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 47 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: In this patient, her lower face aging, namely in the nasolabial area is out of proportion to the rest of her face. This is because she is naturally a jovial person and is always smiling. The repetitive contraction of her facial muscles with smiling has broken down the collagen in the overlying skin resulting in these deep folds. Correction of these folds makes a dramatic improvement in her appearance at rest as well as with smiling.

Procedure: Correction of Smile Lines/Nasolabial Lines

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 34 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: This Instagramer was bothered by her smile lines and would photoshop her selfies before posting. She asked that Dr. Bonakdar treats her nasolabial/smile lines so that she can avoid having to photoshop her selfies. She was very happy with her final result. Juvederm Vollure is the first and only FDA approved long lasting filler for the correction of moderate to severe smile lines.

Procedure: Correction of Smile Lines/Nasolabial Lines

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 43 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: The new way of improving lower face aging is by first addressing aging mid face aging. In this patient, Dr. Bonakdar augmented and lifted the cheeks to its pre-aging youthfulness. This treatment in turn improved the smile lines naturally, prevented smile lines from being over injected. Over injected smile lines changes the human face to an unnatural simian/monkey like face which Dr. Bonakdar avoids.

Procedure: Lower Face Filler

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 47 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: As we age our faces begin to fall forward resulting in jowling or marrionette lines and a deepening of our Nasolabial folds around the mouth. Using Juvederm Ultra Plus in strategic areas of the face we are able to disguise these lines and correct volume loss to create a more youthful appearance.

Procedure: Lower Face Filler

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 50 Year Old Male

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: Athletic individuals are more prone to losing the soft tissue in their faces than those who do not exercise. This tissue loss starts to look unhealthy and gaunt which is the opposite of what we want to portray. Dr. Bonakdar transformed this handsome man’s face from looking gaunt to looking healthy and attractive. In the process, he still looks natural and very much like himself.

Procedure: Filler in Lower Face

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 50 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: Lower face aging changes include deepening of smile lines, formation of marionette lines and formation of jowls. If not done correctly, filler treatment in the lower face can look heavy and simian or monkey like instead of looking beautiful and natural. Dr. Bonakdar usually address mid-face sagging before treating the lower face. By first lifting the mid-face and lower face, she prepares the lower face for natural and beautiful filler treatment results and avoids these pitfall complications seen with inexperienced injectors.

Procedure: Correction of Chin Crease

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 70 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: The chin is one of the most neglected parts of the aging face. Changes seen in the chin with aging include formation of a horizontal chin crease due to volume loss and involution of the chin as well as multiple vertical creases caused by overactive chin muscle. Dr. Bonakdar uses a combination of dermal fillers and Botox Cosmetic to correct chin aging changes. This patient had correction of her chin crease with great results.

Procedure: Jawline Contour

Provider: Monica Bonakdar MD

Patient Information: 36 year old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: A defined jaw line is a desirable feature in both men and women. This young patient asked Dr. Bonakdar to improve her jawline definition. Dr. Bonakdar accomplished this beautiful result with Juvederm Voluma, which also pulled her lower face back and improved the shadows around her mouth and her under chin fullness.

Procedure: Correction of Smile Lines/Nasolabial Lines

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 40 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: This beautiful social media influencer was tired of photoshopping her smile lines on her many daily photos and asked for a natural correction. Dr. Bonakdar used Volbella from the Juvederm family of fillers for a natural looking correction of the nasolabial lines.

Procedure: Correction of Smile Lines/Nasolabial Lines

Provider: Dr. Bonakdar

Patient Information: 51 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: Nasolabial folds or smile lines are a natural part of the human anatomy. Completely erasing them makes the human face look unnatural and simian/monkey like. But when they are exaggerated as in this patient, their correction enhances facial features. Dr. Bonakdar chooses the appropriate filler from the Juvederm family of fillers based on the depth of the correction needed. Juvederm Vollure is one of her favorite long lasting fillers ideal for the moderate to severe folds.

Procedure: Correction of Moderate Volume Loss Lower Face Buccal Fat Area with Long Lasting Fillers

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 63 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: Athletic thin individuals with low body fat composition may be quite healthy, but look emaciated in the face. As these individuals age, their facial fat loss becomes even more exaggerated. These changes can be corrected with filler treatments in the lower face making the patient look healthier. This patient is very happy with her treatment.

Procedure: Filler in Lower Face

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 69 Year Old Male

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: This is part one of a staged male facial restoration. This patient was going elsewhere for his facial injectables. Dr. Bonakdar recognized that the lateral cheek hollowing and jaw angle flattening were contributing to moderate jowl formation in this patient. So in the first session, She reestablished the jaw angle contour and softened the lateral cheek hollowing. He looks younger with as a result of his first treatment. The next session in this staged rejuvenation is softening of the etched in lateral crows feet

Procedure: Correction of Jawline Contour and Chin

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 37 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: This beautiful patient had an AmpliPhi Filler consultation with Dr. Bonakdar to determine how to enhance her youth and beauty. Beautiful faces have symmetry, harmony, balance and proportions. The most beautiful proportion to the human eye is ratio of 1 to 1.618 which is called the golden Ratio. Dr. Bonakdar augmented this patient’s lips, chin and her jaw contour to bring her facial proportions closer to the golden ratio. Click Here to see more examples of AmpliPhi Filler Treatment.

Procedure: Correction of the Smile Lines/Nasolabial Folds with Juvederm Ultra Plus

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 53 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: Smile lines or nasolabial folds form when there is soft tissue and bone loss anywhere at the site, all the way up to the cheeks. Exaggerated smile lines make the face appear unapproachable and angry. Dr. Bonakdar injected Juvederm Ultra Plus to correct this area. Some patients fear having everything corrected at the same time and prefer to stage their facial rejuvenation over several appointments. This patient chose to address her lip lines and jowls at a later time. Dr. Bonakdar encourages her patients who have had Juvederm Ultra and Ultra Plus in the past to consider opting for longer lasting Vollure at the time of their retreatment.

Procedure: Filler in Lower Face

Provider: Monica Bonakdar MD

Patient Information: 48 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: Subtle correction of facial features change a face from being sad, disapproving and unapproachable to happy or at least neutral and approachable. Dr. Bonakdar’s keen eye for such details and her precise injectable skills brings happiness and self confidence to every patient who sees her for nonsurgical facial enhancement.

Procedure: Correction of Smile Lines/Nasolabial Lines

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 47 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: Exaggerated nasolabial folds near the nose make the individual appear as if they are snarling or are disgusted. Correction of this fold allow for a more neutral and approachable facial expression. This patient was pleased with her results and reported to Dr. Bonakdar that people are less alarmed around her.

Procedure: Correction of Smile Lines/Nasolabial Lines

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 62 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: Thin individuals tend to look older than average weight or over weight individuals as they age. This is because the facial volume depletion in thin individuals is more exaggerated. This beautiful patient asked Dr. Bonakdar to make her look less aged. She was very happy with her transformation. Dr. Bonakdar advised her that anymore filler in the lower face would look unnatural and heavy. However, she would benefit from filler in the temples and the midface, both of which will help to lift the lower face and make her look even better.

Procedure: Correction of Smile Lines/Nasolabial Lines

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 35 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: Collagen loss leads to thinning of the skin and a formation of a fold or a wrinkle. Most of the time collagen loss is due to aging changes. Sometimes collagen loss is due to mechanical impact of repetitive muscle contraction on the overlying skin. This is the case of this lovely patient whose excessive smiling has led to her smile lines! Dr. Bonakdar prefers to use long lasting fillers such as Juvederm Voluma and Vollure when possible for her busy patients that understand the value of her expertise.

Procedure: Correction of Fine Lines Around the Mouth with Vollure

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 44 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: Not all wrinkles have the same depth. All wrinkles start out as collagen loss in the underlying skin. As this subsurface collagen loss progresses, so does the depth of the surface wrinkle. Dr. Bonakdar chooses the appropriate filler to use for correction of wrinkles and folds based on their many characteristics. A filler that is too thin would not fill a deep wrinkle very well. Reversely, a robust thick filler would render bad results in thin skin with superficial lines. This patient was happy with her under the radar results with her long lasting filler.

Procedure: Correction of wrinkles around the mouth with Vollure

Provider: Monica Bonakdar, MD

Patient Information: 59 Year Old Female

Dr. Bonakdar Explains: Sometimes repetitive contraction of the tiny facial muscles result in loss of collagen in the skin and the formation of wrinkles. This is the case in this lovely patient. Dr. Bonakdar completely erased this patient’s lower face aging by her expert filler injection. She prefers to use long lasting fillers such as Juvederm Vollure and Voluma for her busy patients who trust her expertise to keep them beautiful and ageless at each decade of their aesthetic journey.